Paul, John, 1877-1967

John H. Paul had a varied and distinguished career as pastor, educator, college president, editor, author, holiness evangelist, and world traveller.

Born in 1877, he was liscenced to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1899. He taught and served as president of Meridian College (1909-1914), Asbury College (1916-1922), Taylor University (1922-1931), Indiana University (1928-1929), Chicago Evangelistic Institute (1932-1933), John Fletcher College (1933-1936), and finally at Asbury Theological Seminary (1940-1946). During this tim he wrote and edited extensively. Afterwords he continued to preach and found religious organizations, and to write and edit Methodist publications throughout the world. He died in 1967.